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B. W. ANTHONY.

STOVE.

Patented Jan.23,18 83.

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E. W. ANTHONY.

STOVE.

No. 271,013. Patentd Jan.23, 1883.

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EDGAR YV. ANTHONY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

STOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,013, dated January 23, 1883. Application filed August 14, 1882. (No model.)

I0 all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that I, EDGAR W. ANTHONY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a certain new anduseful improvement in Stoves, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature, in which- Figure 1 represents the interior of a cooking-stove in perspective to show the features of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the stove. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, enlarged, of the end of the grate-supportingframe or casting, and the clip for holding the front end of the grate thereto. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the details shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clip. Fig. 6 represents in perspective a casing or support for the firebrick forming the front wall of thecombustion chamber, the fire-brick being secured thereto, as'represented by perspective in Fig. 7, which also shows the rear portion of the holder. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section upon the line w a: of Fig. 6. Fig. 9 is a cross-section on the line y y of Fig. 8, the holding-plate and its pin being removed. Fig. 10 is a cross or transverse section upon the line 2 z of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 represents a holder provided with a slot across the top, through which the fire-brick may be inserted into place; and Fig. 12 represents the holder with such opening at one end thereof through which the fire-brick is passed.

The invention relates, first, to the devices for hanging or supporting the front end of a Card grate, (see patent to Card, No. 220,464,), or a grate of similar construction, comprising a clip or support of the shape shown in Fig.

5, and the grate-holding plate formed to receive the clip, all of which are represented in Figs. 1,2, 3, 4, and 5'; second, to the perforated ash-guard interposed between the ash-pit and the stove, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to cause the ashes which fall from the grate to enter the ash-pan and at the same time not interfere with the draft of the stove; third, to the device for supporting the fire-brick forming the front wall of the fire-pot.

In the drawings, a represents the Card grate. It has the shaft a, carrying the cam-projections for vibrating the bars of the grate, and

the shaft or shank a for turning or dumping it on its longitudinal axis. The cross-piece a of the frame for supporting the grate has a recess, a into which the shaft a may be moved when the grate is turned from a horizontal to a vertical position. This construction of the plate a therefore precludes any idea of sup-- porting the clip for holding the front end of the grate by means of any projections upon its lower surface similar to that used upon the opposite side of the recess for supporting the front end of the clip, while at the same time it is very desirable thatthe clip be supported at its rear end in order to obtain proper strength, and this I accomplish by forming the clip A substantially as shown in Fig. 5, the front end, a of which being supported by the lug a projecting from or formed on the plate a*, and the rear end, a extending above the level of the front thereof and entering the recess a -in the plate a, so that it rests upon the upper portion of said plate. The front ,end, (F, has the projections a", which partially embrace the ing a, and prevent any lateral movement of the clip.

' B is the ash-guard. It extends downwardly and inwardly on a plane level with or just be.- low the under surface of the grate, and serves to direct or guide the falling ashes into the ash-pan or upon the sifting-grate. When the ash-pan'is used it of course is quite likely to become full, and as the guard projects over the edge thereof the draft of the stove may be disturbed unless the plate beperforated, and for that reason I have provided the plate with the perforations b, which preferably are arranged at a right angle to its surface, and therefore diagonally to a vertical line, and by such arrangement the ashes cannot readily enter and choke the passages, but will slide over them and from the upper surface of the plate.

The means for supporting the fire-brick forming the front wall of the combustion-chamber are represented inFigs. 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and they embrace the cast-metal frame 0, which is removable from the stove, and which has a recess, 0, for holding the fire-brick c. The

frame has at each end a recess, 0 into which the end of the fire-brick projects, and when the fire-brick is in two pieces I use additionally for securing them to the frame the holdbricks and back of the frame, and is locked .sections of the frame, back or outside of the .that the fire-bricks can be slipped in from tug-plate 0 which overlaps the abutting ends I of the brick, which are recessed upon their front surface to receive it. This holding-plate has a stud, c, which --extends through the to the frame by means of the pin 0 or in any other desirable way. This metal brick-holding frame takes the place in the stove of the ordinary front grate and fire-brick, the side bricks abutting against the sides a of the end either side, in which case of course there would be a device at the ends of the frame to lock the brick in place.

In Fig. 1L I show the first of the two modifications above described, the fire-brick being dropped into position in the recessc' through the long hole 0 and in Fig. 12 I show the sec- 0nd of these modifications, the fire-brick being inserted in place through the hole 0 at one end of the holder. It will be noticed that this holder, with the exception of the binding-plate 0 is in one piece; or, in other Words, the top, bottom, back, and end sections are cast together in a form to provide the brick-holding recesses 0 0 Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The grate clip or support A, shaped substantially as described.

2. The combination of the plate at, having the recess a, and the lug a, with the clip A, all substantially as and for the purposes described.

3. The perforated ash-guard B, arranged below the grate to project into the ash-pit chamber, substantially as shown and described.

4. Themetal fire-brick-holding frame having the recesses 0 c and the end sections and shoulders, 0 all in one casting, substantially as described.

EDGAR W. ANTHONY.

W'itnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, W. CLIFTON Foes. 

